HC Deb 11 July 1917 vol 95 cc1932-3W
Mr. BYRNE

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will have the case of Stephen Treacy, chairman of the Dublin branch of the Amalgamated Society of Wood-cutting Machinists' Trade Union, reconsidered; if he is aware that, owing to unemployment in Dublin, Treacy was compelled to leave Ireland to obtain employment to enable him to keep his wife and three children, his travelling expenses being paid by his trade union, and, having obtained employment in Liverpool, was arrested for entering without a passport and sentenced to two months' imprisonment; if he is aware that Treacy was born in America and has been residing in Dublin for the past twenty-six years, and that his sentence is resented by every trade union in Ireland; and if he will see that Treacy obtains his liberty and compensation for imprisonment without delay?

Sir G. CAVE

My right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question I am making inquiries, and will let the hon. Member know the result as soon as possible.